Fireman s hat



{No Model.)

J. R. HOPKINS.

FIREMANS HAT.

Patented July 16 1 INVENTD WITNESSES N. PETERS Phnlo-Lilhcgmphur,Washmgmm no.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. HOPKINS, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIREMANS HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,209, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed January 29, 1889. Serial No. 297,965. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES R. HOPKINS, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Firemens Hats, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of my invention to provide such improvements infiremens hats as will materially increase their strength and durabilitywithout adding to their weight.

The invention comprises a hat having an outer metallic crown, an innerfelt crown, and a hood or brim, substantially as hereinafter fully setforth.

.Of the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side view of a firemaus hat embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view, part of the hood beingrepresented as broken off, the section being taken on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. is a sectional diagram taken 011 the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference designate the same parts in all of theviews.

In the drawings, a designates the crown of my improved liremans hat,which part I make of corrugated sheet metal, preferably sheetcopper,with hollow ribs 1) of the same, or it may be of different materialsuchas papiermachextending at intervals from the hood or brim 0 over thecrown (z. Usually two of these ribs 1), one extending over the crownfrom front to rear and the other over the crown from side to side, willbe sufficient.

The crown a may be constructed from sections or properly-shaped stripsof corrugated sheet metal, the edges of which sections may be secured tothe ribs Z), as at (Z, or overlap each other, and in this position besoldered together, as at 6, though any other manner of forming the crownwill answer the purpose so long as it is made of corrugated sheet metal.

f designates an inner crown composed of felt or other soft pliablematerial, which inner crown is made to fit and rest upon the head of thewearer and to have its edge extend between the flanged edge g of thecrown a and the inner edge of the hood or brim c, and be secured betweensaid edges by means of rivets 7r or other suit-able appliances.

The hat may be provided in front with the usual ornamental shield i, forcontaining the name and number of the company to which the wearerbelongs, and may also be provided with any other ornamental figure.

By constructing the crown to of corrugated sheet metal I am enabled tomake this portion of the hat very strong and rigid, and at the same timeof comparatively light weight, and by providing the hat with the innerfelt crown f, adapted to rest upon the top of the head of the wearer, Iobtain a construction which secures comfort in use and lessens theliability of injury to the wearer in the event of a heavy body strikingupon the crown a.

It is manifest that changes may be made in the form and arrangement ofparts comprisin g my invention without departing from the nature orspirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim is 1. Aliremans hat having an outer metallic crown, a hood or brim, and aninner felt crown having its edge secured between said outer metalliccrown and hood or brim, and between which and said outer crown a spaceis formed, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a firemans hat having an outer crowncomposed of corrugated sheet metal and intersecting metal ribs, andhaving a flange g, the hood or brim c, and the inner crown having itsedge secured between the flange g and hood or brim c, as set forth, aspace being formed between said crowns.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subseribin g witnesses, this 22d day of January, A. l).1889.

JAMES R. HOPKINS. lVitnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY, A. I). HARRISON.

